Minnesota Crop News

Eric Yu, UMN Extension Crops Educator, and Fei Yang, UMN Extension Entomologist Western corn rootworm beetles feeding on corn silks. On February 26, 2025, Dr. Fei Yang, UMN Corn Extension Entomologist, joined UMN Extension Crops Educator Dr. Anthony Hanson for a discussion on corn insect pests. Dr. Yang provided an update on the current challenges Minnesota faces with these pests and shared insights from his research on corn insect pest management. This was the eighth episode of the 2025 Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops! webinar series, which will continue through March. View recordings of this and all Strategic Farming sessions at: https://z.umn.edu/StrategicFarmingRecordings Corn rootworm Background and damage Two corn rootworm species are problematic in Minnesota: western corn rootworm (WCR) and northern corn rootworm (NCR), both of which have similar life cycles. Adult beetles lay their eggs from late summer to early fall, and the eggs overwinter (undergoing diapause) until war...

You can now watch video recordings of all of the full presentations from the 2025 Nitrogen Conference and the 2025 Nutrient Management Conference. Learn about the latest fertilizer, manure and water quality research from Minnesota and around the Midwest. Nitrogen Conference Introduction to the 2025 Nitrogen Conference Fabian Fernandez, University of Minnesota Climate conditions update for Minnesota: Observations, trends, and outlooks  Kenny Blumenfeld, Minnesota State Climate Office Boots on the ground panel: Lessons from the field during 2024 A.J. Krusemark, Jerry Groskreutz, Tim Malterer - farmer panel On-farm Evaluation - Can I be Sure? Brad Carlson, University of Minnesota  Drainage water recycling: Performance of cropping systems in SW Minnesota Jeff Strock, University of Minnesota  Advancing nitrogen BMPs: Insights from Nebraska to Minnesota Swetabh Patel, University of Minnesota  Nitrogen best management practices are best for crops and the environment Fabian ...